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What Does Search Have to Do With Intelligent Machining?
Since the Industrial Revolution, manufacturing has seen a continuous march towards increasing levels of automation and the integration of machine intelligence. This progress in artificial intelligence...
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How IoT & Industry 4.0 Relate — and Why Manufacturers Should Care
Two of the hottest buzzwords in real world technology are Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT). Sometimes they are used almost interchangeably, but while there is an overlap, they are not...
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How Open Source Is Driving Industry 4.0
Open source hardware, software and hybrid solutions are driving Industry 4.0. Manufacturers are using open source hardware and open source software technologies to improve interoperability, drive...
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AI Is Hot! So Why Are Companies Slow to Warm to It?
The human brain is a marvelous machine that scientists, philosophers, and mathematicians have sought to emulate for centuries. If a human can do it—with its emotional flaws and such—couldn’t a machine...
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The Truth Behind ‘Rigging’ Search
A recent tweet by Donald Trump stated that “Google search results for ‘Trump News’ shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake News Media…” which proves that Google has “rigged search.” Google search...
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Site Search Adds Three New Languages
Bom dia! Goedemiddag! God dag! Lucidworks Site Search, our embeddable, easy-to-configure, out-of-the-box site search solution that runs anywhere has added three new languages. Site Search Now Supports...
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Boost Your Search With Machine Learning and ‘Learning to Rank’
Most companies know the value of a smooth user experience on their website. But what about for their onsite search? Simply shoving Ye Olde Search Box in the upper right corner doesn’t cut it anymore....
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How Wayfair Improves Customer UX Using Search/AI
If you’re in ecommerce, you take inspiration from the leaders. One of the talks we’re really excited about at this year’s Activate conference is with Suyash Sonawane and John Castillo from online...
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Deep Learning Question-Answering System
You’ve probably used a Question Answering (QA) system. Most of them are just a FAQ turned into a horrible search interface. If you don’t answer the exact question they answered, don’t bother. Other QA...
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Activate Conference 2018 Wrap-Up: The Future of Search and AI
Practitioners in the search, Apache Solr, and AI communities from 39 countries converged last week at the Activate conference in Montreal to discuss the challenges and opportunities in their fields...
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Activate Conference Provides an Homage to Search—With AI Twist
The search and AI conference Activate 2018 was held last week in the birthplace of web search — Montreal. In 1989, a postgraduate student and systems administrator at McGill University named Alan...
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Activate Conference 2018 Photo Album
Did you attend Activate, the Search and AI Conference, October 15-18, 2018 in Montreal? Enjoy a few photo highlights of the learning and festivities that took place, and check back as we’ll add...
View ArticleIncrease Your Revenue to Profit Ratio
Retail margins are in jeopardy. Between mobile shopping, online retail, and the popularity of social media coupled with a decade of flat sector profitability, retailers must change how they...
View ArticleLucidworks Fusion Recognized as a Leader in Gartner’s MQ on Insight Engines
Lucidworks was recently recognized as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant in their Insight Engines category. I wanted to write down what this means for you — and why it’s so important to your...
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How to Highlight Search Terms Using Query Workbench
In this “From The Field” series, we’ll explore the Query Workbench within Fusion Server and walk through helpful tips and tricks on making the most of your search results. This post discusses how to...
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What Is Natural Language Search?
Natural language search is the insane idea that maybe we can talk to computers in the same way we talk to people. Absolutely nuts, I know. With the increasing popularity of virtual assistants like Siri...
View ArticleHow to Make SharePoint WAY Better
SharePoint is just a document management system so why are there long threads on Reddit devoted to its inadequacy? Why do your users hate it so much? Can you make it better? Here are a few tips to...
View ArticleRetail Site Search: Shoppers Still Can’t Find What They’re Looking For
In one of U2’s best-known songs, Bono sings dolefully, “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.” He’s not alone. On many retail websites, shoppers longing to find an item with ease and precision...
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Six Reasons to Switch From Endeca Today
When you deployed Endeca, it was the best ecommerce search on the market. With state of the art relevance, faceted search, and customer experience tools it drove search for most of the large ecommerce...
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Physicians Improve Patient Treatment With AllMedx and Lucidworks Fusion
For 10 years, Doug Grose, Chief Executive Officer of AllMedx, envisioned a “Google for doctors.” With extensive experience in medical communications, Grose knew doctors were frustrated with...
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